2014-03-31

Press Release: Atunwa Reacts to Justice Ademola's Judgement
Justice Ademola’s comment on APC defection is preposterous, scandalous, and outrageous in the extreme. Indeed, it’s laughable. It clearly has no foundation in law or fact. Firstly, the question whether the...

Ahmed Makes Case for Cash-less Economy
Necessary policies that would enhance the success rate of the cash-less economy being driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to Governor Ahmed, the cash-less policy requires to be pursued, not mainl...

Ahmed signs N130.262b budget for 2014.
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed on Monday signed into law 2014 Appropriation Bill of  N130,262,850,907 with a pledge that it will provide new vistas for confronting developmental challenges in the Stat...

Kwara compensates 2,000 land owners, farmers.
The Kwara Government has compensated more than 2,000 traditional land owners and farmers whose land were acquired for public use in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of the state. The Director-General, Burea...

Loss to Kwara Utd, Tornadoes coach blames ill luck.
Tornadoes coach, Hamza Abdulazeez, has attributed the 2-0 defeat by Kwara United of Ilorin to ill luck. Abdulazeez, reacting shortly after the match played at Ilorin Township Stadium, on Saturday said the tea...

National Confab: MURIC accuses CAN of selfishness.
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, of selfishness and warned it to stop poke-nosing into the affairs of Muslims in the country. The group was responding t...

Defection: Court Sacks Ali Ahmad, Moshood Mustapha and 35 Other Reps.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered 37 former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resign their seats at the House of Representatives for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). ...

Taking Kwara Yoruba to South West a Complicated Matter - Adedoyin
Princess Funke Adedoyin was initially the running mate of former Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State before she was changed and appointed as minister by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. She...

Letters - Re: Attention, Kwara State Governor
I refer to a letter written by Jimoh Mumin and published in the Nigerian Tribune of Wednesday, March 26, 2014, regarding the delayed payment of scholarships to Nige...

APC crisis deepens as Ahmed, other G-5 govs plan return to PDP.
The festering crisis within the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may have taken a new dimension as the G-5 governors’ who defected from the Peoples Democratic Part, PDP, last year are reportedl...

2014-03-30

There is no more Saraki dynasty in Kwara - John Dara
Deacon John Dara is a key figure in the politics of Kwara State. He was a fiery Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 2003 when the battle between him and Bukola Saraki in the primaries which has be...

Opinion - National Conference 2014: Of sparks, hot air and entrenched positions. By By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
One of my resolves as a delegate to the 2014 National Conference is to keep a running diary of events of each day. I have not been able to do so just yet. But I have observed as keenly as possible as the heat of...

Jonathan has done a lot for the North - Lola Ashiru
Following the defection of the former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, into the All Progressive Congress (APC), the state, known as the state of harmony because of its geographical location, has un...

KABBA-ILORIN ROAD: SENATOR ADEYEMI COMMENDS CONTRACTOR'S PACE
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Smart Adeyemi, said on Saturday that the pace of work of the contractor handling the reconstruction of Kabba/Ilorin road was co...

How we 'arrested' our victims - Robbery Suspect
Three members of a robbery gang which invaded the house of a member of Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Waliu Adekunle on December 29, 2013, have been apprehended by police operatives from Special Anti-Robbery...

National Conference: Cleric condemns composition of participants.
An Ilorin based Islamic Scholar, Ustadh Abdulwahab Onipe has called for re-composition of participants at the ongoing National Conference to reflect ratio 50:50 of the Muslims and Christians at the conference, if the go...

ALLEGATIONS, COUNTER ALLEGATIONS TRAIL ALLEGED PLAN TO SELL KWARA EXPRESS
Workers of Kwara State Transport Corporation, otherwise known as Kwara Express, have raised the alarm over alleged plan by the management of the company, Kwara Holdings Limited, to sell the corporation to private own...

Construction Firm Truck Kills 4 in Auto-Crash
Tragedy struck along Osogbo-Ikirun road in Osun State when a truck, belonging to a construction firm (names withheld), handling the dualisation of Osogbo-Ila Odo-Kwara boundary made a U-turn on the highway, thereby c...

2014-03-29

Is Kwara PDP really divided?
There had been uneasy trade of words between the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kwara State over allegations that Kwara PDP has been divided over ...

Kwara United 2-0 Niger Tornadoes
After a scoreless first half encounter, Isiaka Oladunjoye found his way from the defence to score the first goal for Kwara United in their week eight National League game against Niger Tornadoes in Ilorin yesterday. Unit...

Borgu, Where Nigerians, Beninois Savour Culture
BY most accounts, Gaani cultural festival has fostered relations among the residents of some border communities in Borgu, Kwara State, and the citizens of the Republic of Benin. Borgu extends from the northea...

Kwara Utd Charges Players to Re-enact Home Form in Away Games.
The General Manager of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Haruna Maigidasanma, has expressed delight at away draw to Jigawa Golden Stars and charged the players and officials to build on it. The Kwara United manager ...

Robberies: Omu-Aran assures banks of security
Chief Ademola Bamidele, a community leader in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara,  on Friday  reiterated the community’s commitment to ensuring  adequate protection for banks ...

2014-03-28

Kwara to establish HIV/AIDS treatment centre.
The Kwara Government is to establish a multi-million naira HIV/AIDs treatment centre to curtail the spread of the deadly disease in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Tunji Moro...

Prof Oba tasks National Salaries, Incomes & Wages on specific job allowance.
The chairman, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Professor Shuaibu Oba Abdul Raheem, has charged the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to review the peculiar allowance of FCC staff. He ...

Defection: Court dismisses APC senators, Reps' suit. Only Senate President, Speaker Can Declare Seats Vacant
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by some All Progressives Congress senators and members of the House of Representatives to forestall plans to declare their seats vacant as a result of the...

Press Release: Kwara APC hails ruling on defected lawmakers.
The Kwara State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has hailed the ruling of Federal High Court, Abuja which held that the PDP and its chairman lack the power to declare seats of defected lawmakers vacant. ...

Abuja court dismisses APC lawmakers suit
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit filed by 79 lawmakers who defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The plaintiffs, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, 78 Senators and Reps mem...

Kwara Win YSFON Oba Cup.
Defending champions Kwara, defeated hard fighting Kaduna State by 2-0 to emerge winners of this year’s edition of the annual YSFON organized Oba Cup for U-13 boys  which was concluded at the Samuel Ogbemud...

Court Remands Man For Killing 3-year-old Son.
A 35-year-old Fulani herdsman, Mohammed Kariya of Gwasoro Fulani Camp, has been remanded by an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court for allegedly hacking his son to death with a machete. The accused allegedly went...

15 airport car hire operators kidnapped, 20 cars missing, says Car Hire President
The National President of Airport Car-Hire Association of Nigeria(ACHAN), Chief Stanley Dike has disclosed that 15 of the association’s members have been kidnapped in the course of their daily work. Dik...

Kwara Assembly bans sale of handouts in institutions.
Kwara State House of Assembly has banned the sale of handouts to students in all its post-secondary institutions. The legislature announced the prohibition of handout sales in its resolution after adopting th...

Aviation: Trainee pilot survives crash at Ilorin airport.
A trainee pilot who flew solo on aircraft No 5N-BRM belonging to the International Aviation College created panic among passengers and other airport officials at the Ilorin Airport yesterday when he had difficulty landi...

Oloyede Clarifies Stance Over Visit To Jonathan
The secretary-general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, yesterday clarified comments credited to him during the visit of the council led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji S...

Ahmed to Draw Curtain on National Karate Championship
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, is expected  as special guest of honour at the closing ceremony of the National Karate Championships holding in Ilorin tomorrow. The three-day national ch...

PDP vows to reclaim Kwara
Senator Simeon Ajibola representing Kwara South Senatorial District has said the PDP will reclaim the state from the APC. Ajibola said this on Sunday while addressing party supporters at Owu-Isin, Isin Local ...